Surveys

The following surveys may contain information which may be useful for cancer epidemiology and genomics studies.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.

Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
HINTS is a nationally representative, biennial telephone survey of 8,000 randomly selected adults. NCI and extramural communication researchers are analyzing data to gain insight into people's knowledge about cancer, the communication channels through which they obtain health information, and their cancer-related behaviors.

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is a national survey designed to collect information about ambulatory medical care services in the United States.

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
MEPS is conducted in conjunction with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Opinion Research Center. It consists of four components: 1) Household Component, 2) Nursing Home Component, 3) Medical Provider Component, and 4) Insurance Component.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
NHANES is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the U.S. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations. Pharmacoepidemiologic data available from NHANES includes drug etiology, drug utilization, and population cancer burden. Access to NHANES data is free after NCHS publication.

National Health Care Survey
This survey encompasses a family of health care provider surveys, including information about the facilities that supply health care, the services rendered, and the characteristics of the patients served.

National Nursing Home Survey
The National Nursing Home Survey provides includes characteristics such as size of nursing home facilities, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, occupancy rate, number of days of care provided, and expenses. Data are obtained on demographic characteristics, health status, medications, and services received. Residents' medical records are used to provide information on health and functional status.

Slone Survey
This survey, run by the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, is an ongoing telephone survey of medication use in the U.S. population.

Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
This is an NCI-sponsored survey of tobacco use that has been administered as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. TUS-CPS is a key source of national and state level data on smoking and other tobacco use in the U.S. household population.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual risk behaviors, unhealthy dietary behaviors, physical inactivity, and measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.